Welcome to speed learning English your podcast for smarter and more professional English hi Richard how are you elsewhere in finding you. Have you seen had ordered on Sunday were seniors in the scene and the title of Sunday's SRC reports the results are serious and that the first generally in Germany right yes that's right start old topcoat means, literally, crime scene, it's a it's a crime series that is very popular here in Germany a lot of typical German families sit in front of the television set on a Sunday evening at 8: 15 after they watch the news and then they were to start or do you know why Hartford is so popular in Germany yes indeed I believe it's popular because it started in the 70s and at that time there were not a lot of German channels German TV channels so you didn't have a variety to choose of select case. Some days after the news which which everybody wanted to see and listen to him, usually a family gathered around if you had the money to buy television and then watch television, but if there's not a lot to choose of you will just have to choose what is that what is offered and from the offering perspective. The market was didn't have a lot of variety so that the people had to choose tattered and on the other hand, just looking at from the marketing of or in part, on the other hand, it's the area it's a very nice, my series is very the drama is in the realize in that the actions in the sleazy bids is not always centered on specific cost not centered on a specific topic. Obviously, it's a crime scene starts about crime, but that the scenery changes the city changes the cost changes every Sunday so you have the ever dynamic situation and that which which really glues the German eyes to the television. For now, it's 40 years electric and and that the intro is still the same as in the 70s and but that this this is one aspect, there is an adult you off, but discussed consistency. It's consistency you always have this part, but the beginning that's never changed. The intro is always the same. Then you have the crime scene and the police get into it and at the end of the day the state so the police will will and will catch that the offender or the criminal lots and most in most cases and most boys yes there is also another aspect and that makes even young people get addicted to tattered and this is they support the local patriotism that we have in Germany so we have tart or to Munich tattered colonial tart or Ludwigshafen tart party dressed and even toppled Vienna and so the, the and the inspections or the team is always the same related to to the town to the to the region. They used different dialects and they use and let's say reaching typical themes there and in fact people have a look at the error of the program and see all this. This time there will be at heart or from minds maybe and people watch the tart or because they want to see if they can, and if they face the shop or street that they know if they remember something they see in this crime scene. So these are the program. The first TV program really takes care of local specifics even in the news. They always report about local news and that's how they created tart or they said we want to have a target for every region in Germany so people feel that they can identify with this tart or team who by the way, are all somehow drug addicted, or completely stoned or or or alcoholics, or in divorce. They either have rotten relationships. All these inspectors and but yeah this is some in fact something typical German this tart or ceremony on a Sunday evening and the other really somehow crazy habit. German Seth is dinner for one is do you know any British, American, Australian, Canadian person that knows dinner for one, I believe not so parts. I think telephone is based on the British series I think they should know their original I. Do you know the story about that and I am I can't recall it completely, but I believe after World War II and the British were in wet and had added how do you call her. What is so politically correct word other than were controlling the northern part of Germany were occupying occupying okay let's I think that's a historical correct word is your occupying and northern Germany and in Germany we we have separated our public broadcast regionally. History of the northern part of the southern part, any of the middle part would you call is Germany but it's will Germany and then we have the western part of the northern part, we have the and D are and they produced dinner for one because their television was based on the BBC British BBC or the English BBC for that matter. And in that time there were copying a lot of English serious into the German language and therefore is one product of that's true in the Army is not Berkshire wouldn't think so to German production and the trouble to to England to the Great Britain and were looking for small and small theaters and the producer of the entity are found this this role-play. This theater play somewhere. That said, we have to invite you to Germany. We want to make a recording and turn in the actors that will yes okay that's fine but I need an audience so all employees of the North Georgia 14 of the MDR were sitting in the audience so that's that's the yeah the sound that you hear the background and there's one, one very special employee, a lady, and we even know the name of that person that we won't mention it here and not to embarrass her children and grandchildren and she's always laughing out so loud the top. Some of the funniest part of that so other stories about Miss Sophie. She celebrated her 90th birthday anniversary her 90th birthday and invites for friends but they have all passed away, so her buckler James has to replace them. And of course he has to drink all the alcoholic beverages they would have consumed, and so it becomes more and more drunk and this is how the whole story goes, and the funny thing is it's in English and it's worked in Germany all New Year's Eve and various programs so internally. Everybody watches an English theater play black-and-white even today is my grandmother never spoke any English. He is was sitting in front of the screen and and laughing out loud, so there and in England when I have a lot of friends in England. Nobody knows this. Jennifer wanted absolutely unknown, we will replace the link to the YouTube film about this and bear in mind. Listen to this one very special lady in the audience that is laughing very, very yes okay so this but to typical German habits. So, if the feudal is not want to hear, learn German maybe. I mean, we don't believe not only have Germans listening to the podcast to want to learn English or improve their English. We even have people from her brother to want to get to know more about German culture and just enjoy listening to us and have a look at dinner for one, he really love it and if you want to improve your German hard part will help you to get used to the difference German dialects. Okay, Richard, and next time I would like to talk with you about some grammar. Do you have any idea what we could talk about where I think we should not not not also mention it before. I don't know. Maybe it's more more more more adventurous for the listener feel if you keep it a secret. But no, something a bit of the grammar commercial amendments and yes let's make the cliffhanger. Okay then I will use the heavy wording of present participle present parties. While this was just listener that might won't be as heavy of the grammar lesson. As you use you from school. It will be fun but at the same time very dedicated okay present participle. This was one of the bad words in school. Let's overlook how we will solve this with fun. Richard will demonstrate this grammar part so grammar can be really fun. Richard, thank you very much. Thank you. Should English a great week and speak next time you see an exam by by